He innocently asks Noel to remove money from his safe, then after she leaves, he kills his associate Charles with a weapon having Regan's fingerprints.

When the film was released The New York Times film critic gave it a negative review, writing, "Ella Raines and Edmond O'Brien, as the lawyer, play their stock roles with competence, and William Bendix plays the lieutenant with a suggestion of, shall we say, retarded intellectual attainment.

Director Michael Gordon (Pillow Talk/Texas Across the River/Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood) keeps things breezy and topped off with zesty mustard.

Writers Bertram Millhauser and William Bowers keep the story by Harry Kurnitz free of any dull moments.

The pic has the following things going for it: William Bendix is superb playing a smart cop against type, a sassy Ella Raines smoothly swinging her hips is good for the eyes and ears, a slimy Vincent Price as the sinister villain makes your blood boil in an entertaining way, and a rarely seen as slim Edmond O'Brien is oafishly prancing around as the good guy lawyer of the people and makes for a likeable hero.